A general attack on Port Arthur was begun on Christmas Day, the 25th inst. The besiegers lines are nearing Liaotishan, the tort situated in the furthermost ...
Article : 105 wordsThe sports committee of the caledonian Society met on Thursday evening, when final arrangements were made for the inaugural sports gathering to be held in the Upper ...
Article : 503 words"The Times" to-day, commenting on the facts with respect to colonial customs and Imperial trade set forth in the recently ...
Article : 119 wordsYesterday the State of Victoria experienced a severe heat wave. For a week past the thermometer had been ranging near the century, but yesterday there was a sudden ...
Article : 768 wordsAll effort was made at the end of last week to secure the running of a train to the metropolis on Christmas Day, which fell on a Sunday. It was understood that the ...
Article : 109 wordsMonday next will be observed as a holiday in celebration of New Year's a Day. The only local gathering is the Caledonian Sports, which will take place in the Upper Reserve. ...
Article : 133 wordsA terrible rainstorm, travelling practically in the same direction, and almost equalling in force that which caused so much damage to Kalgoorlie and Boulder properties 12 ...
Article : 342 wordsA slight commotion was caused in [?] Mall yesterday afternoon through a trolley polo attached to an electric tram car colly at its base. The heavy iron work ...
Article : 47 wordsA seven-year-old boy named Willie Kilpatrick was brought to Dr. Wells's surgery at Eaglehawk yesterday suffering, from a fracture of the right [?], sustained ...
Article : 50 wordsThe wheat traffic is again becoming [?], and orders for a large number of trucks to convey the grain from, northern stations to the seaboard have been received by the ...
Article : 51 wordsCharles Boots, the miner who, it will be membered, was so frightingly injured by the explosion at the Diamond Gally Dredge, and who, after being so wonderfully operated ...
Article : 214 wordsThe funeral of the into Mr. Ralph Jones, senr., of Golden-square, took place yesterday afternoon, when his remains were interred in the Methodist portion of the Bendigo ...
Article : 653 wordsIt has been arranged by the Railway department, in order to meet the convenience of passengers for Bendigo on Saturday, to despatch a second train from Spencer-street ...
Article : 58 wordsThe committees of the Trades Union Congress and the Federation of Trades Unions have made a report on the unemployed difficulty. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Japanese at Dalny report that the Japanese captured Yangthuban Hill, enabling them to carry the land communications between Liaotishan, Itzushan, and ...
Article : 33 wordsCommencing on Wednesday next, the trains which at present leave Boort for Quambatook and Ultima at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and leaves Quambatook ...
Article : 70 wordsIt is officially announced at Tokio that the Japanese occupied Erh-lung-shan, a very important fort to the north-east of the town of Port Arthur, at 4 o'clock on the ...
Article : 47 wordsA melancholy case of suicide occurred to-day at the Star of the East mine, Sebastopol, Fred, Stevens, 27 years of age, employed as a battery enginedriver, blew out his brains ...
Article : 248 wordsA return issued by the Victorian Railway Commissioners, giving results of the working of the railways for the past five months ended 20th November, is particularly interesting. ...
Article : 135 wordsAccording to "The Times" a step of great importance has been taken by the War Office in connection with artillery. It states that yesterday orders were placed for ...
Article : 90 words[?] D. Kekewich, who was arrested three weeks ago at Bendige on charges of embezzlement from his late employers, W. Holyman and Son Ltd., shipowners, at ...
Article : 73 wordsThe capture of the forts on Erh-lungshan by the Japanese is further described iu an official report forwarded by the victors. ...
Article : 129 wordsMagnificent meteors passed ever Forbes last night, giving a blinding light. Ths meteors travelled from north-east to south-west. ...
Article : 25 wordsA railway employs named Thomas Dowling, while suffering from the effects of drink, cut his throat in Studley Park a few weeks since. He wandered about all night ...
Article : 94 wordsA stormy meeting of the North Rockhampton Council was held last night in connection with the appointment, by the Mayor (Alderman Robinson), of Alderman Irwin to ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Porte has conceded the demands of the powers for permission to increase the numbers of their gendarmerie officers, with a view to maintaining order in Macedonia. ...
Article : 121 wordsJustices Act, which was passed dur[?] the last session of the State Parliament, and is now in force, makes a number of innovations in the legal practice of courts of ...
Article : 196 wordsThe acting Consul-General for Japan received the following cable to-day:—"Our Port Arthur army reports the left centre of the army, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, ...
Article : 99 wordsA sad drowning fatality is reported from Horsham, where a lad named Lindsay Thompson, 17 years of age, lost his life. Deceased's clothes were found at the side of a tank, and ...
Article : 68 wordsAbout 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out in a shop attached to the Oddfellows' Hall, in [?] but [?] to the timely intervention of some passers-by it was ...
Article : 144 words[?] Dunn, only 20 years of age, was [?] to gaol by the City Court magistrates to-day for 12 months on a charge of vag[?]ancy. It appeared that the accused did no ...
Article : 82 wordsThe annual Christmas dinner given by the Adelaide Sunbeam Society to poor children of London took place yesterday. Some 1500 children were present. The speakers ...
Article : 43 wordsAlfred Reynolds,]2 years of age, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital this evening suffering from gunshot wounds in the head. He explained that he and a number ...
Article : 96 wordsThree persons, named respectively Catherine M'Gregor, Alfred Thompson and Herbert Damsey, were charged at the Carlton Court with indecent behavior. The woman ...
Article : 57 wordsThe perilous position of the Baltic fleet, if it succeed in reaching the Far Extern writers, is still the subject of anxious discussion in Russia. ...
Article : 103 wordsNo fewer than six swagmen were arrested last night and brought before the court this morning on charges of drunkenness, larceny and other minor offences. They were fined in ...
Article : 62 wordsOwing to the heavy yield from the cotton crop in the United States, a slump has occured in the New York market. On the reports of the gi[?]mers that the ...
Article : 71 wordsA boy whose name is belived to be Dempster, this afternoon was stopping off a tram in motion in Duke-street, Windsor, when he fell heavily on the back of his head. He was ...
Article : 53 wordsSome long grass on a vacant allotment in Fry-street, Eaglehawk, on the state where a house occupied by Mr. Geo Smith was recently burnt down, caught fire by some ...
Article : 108 wordsIn the District court to-day, Mr. James Piper, 0f Brunswick, su[?] Mr. John Scott Osborne, landed proprietor, of Redesdale, for £7, money alleged to have been paid on his ...
Article : 92 wordsThe inquest concerning the death of William Carey, who was found in an unconscious condition on the road at Alphington on Tuesday, and who died shortly afterwards. ...
Article : 151 wordsMr. Henry Parker, son of one of the most prominent Western railway officials, and his betrothed, Miss Elsie Cistering, a remarkably beautiful girl, 22 years of age, ...
Article : 204 wordsThe great slump in the cotton market of Netv York, caused by the report that the crop would amount to 12,500,000 bales, has been followed by extraordinary efforts to ...
Article : 71 wordsTelegrams appeared in this morning's newspapers stating that the bridge over the Avoca River at Charlton had collapsed. The Minister for Public Works states that a Treasury ...
Article : 116 wordsRussia has Arranged a 4½ per cent loan of £25,000,000 sterling in Germany, Holland, and Russia. ...
Article : 27 wordsA bush fire broke out yesterday between Kangaroo Flat and Big Hill. As far as could be ascertained, the fire was confined to the ranges, and appeared to be travelling ...
Article : 41 wordsMessrs, E. N. MOORE, P.M.. and J Highmore, J.P., attended at the Police Court yesterday. Several parents, charged with neglecting to attend to the education of their ...
Article : 256 wordsAs will be seen by our amusement columns, an exceptionally good programme has been prepared for Monday night. The management is evidently determined to place ...
Article : 259 wordsA fire occurred here to-day in Mr. Bell's paddock. About 40 acres of grass were burnt. The stationmaster's residence was in great danger of being burnt, also the local ...
Article : 68 wordsA Dutch journal published at Pretoria makes a statement respecting a conference between the Boer leaders and Viscount Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa, ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Czar has started for Southern Russia to inspect the departing troops destined for the theatre of war in the Far East. In consequence, heavy insurances are ...
Article : 53 wordsA cable message received by the Marine Underwriters' Association this afternoon stated that the ship [?]awara, which was cut down at the mouth of the Thames, and had ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 282 wordsA fierce fire is raging on Poon Boon station in New South Wales, covering 1000 acres. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt the morgue to-day, an inquest was held touching the death of Albert Edwin Miller, who was fatally injured at Messrs. James Shar[?] and Co.'s timber yard on ...
Article : 79 wordsA further important advance was made by the Japanese in their operations against Port Arthur yesterday, whan they secured possession of the entire Erh-lung-shan fort[?] ...
Article : 128 wordsOne of the most extraordinary acts of kidnapping on record has just been carried out here in the very grounds of the World's Fair. ...
Article : 250 wordsThe hottest day of the season was experienced in the couutry to-day. The temperature at numerous places over the State ranged from 100 to 113 degrees. The ...
Article : 128 wordsA lad named Arthur Tioballs, aged 17, em played at the Lyell Blocks mill, while attending to the [?]e winners this morning, was caught by his clothing, and crushed ...
Article : 55 wordsThe London County Council is organising a great drainage scheme for the metropolis which will involve an expenditure of £7,000,000. ...
Article : 49 wordsAs already reported, a youth named Joseph Gardiner, living at Henderson-road, Alexandria, shot a young woman named Emma For[?]es Black, and then attempted suicide by ...
Article : 377 wordsAlma Lewis, aged five years, was burnt to death at Ballina last night. She was playing near the fire, when her flannelette dress caught alight, and she was dreadfully ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Naval Cadets, comprising companies from Williainsiown, St. Kilda, and Hawthorn, at present undergoing a course of military instruction at Swan Island, are ...
Article : 178 wordsIn the fierce fighting which preceded the capture last month by the Japanese of 203Metre Hill, the Russians lost one of their division commanders. General [?] ...
Article : 110 wordsAt an early hour this morning a fire broke out on the premises of Steal Bros., tea importers, of William-street. The brigade soon subdued the flames. The building, which is ...
Article : 89 wordsA double drowning accident occurred at Hillgrove this evening. Nellie Gardiner, aged 18 years, and Fanny Kennedy, aged 12 years, were bathing in the Wollombi River, ...
Article : 63 wordsThe usual meeting of the H.A.C.[?].S., Bendigo, was held last evening on account of the holidays. Bro. J. Brady (president) occupied the chair, whilst Father Rohan ...
Article : 264 wordsThe guards on trains running from Melbourne to Bendigo reported that yesterday a fierce bush fire was raging in the Lancefield district. The sight was a grand one, the ...
Article : 58 wordsA party of four automobilists, disguised in rich furs and masked, yesterday attempted to abduct the sixteen-year-old son, of a wealthy Swiss manufacturer, who lives at ...
Article : 192 wordsAt the inquest to-day concerning the death of Patrick George Hewitson, whose body, with the throat cut, was found in the Domain, no valid reason could be advanced why he ...
Article : 167 wordsMr. Bamford, M.P., has forwarded to the Minister of Customs a telegram from the chairman of the White Growers' League, as follows:—"On behalf of Mackey (Q.), White ...
Article : 79 wordsGeneral Stocssel. the commander of the garrison, who has been twice wonnded during the siege, is again invalided. He was injured by a fall from his horse. ...
Article : 32 wordsGeneral Kaulbars, the commander of the third Russian army in Manchuria, has sent to St. Petersburg a very cheering account of the condition of his troops. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Postmaster-General has submitted to the conference of Deputy Postmaster-Generals, which recently met in Melbourne, a minute the extension of telephone ...
Article : 108 wordsThe large number of rat[?]skins obtained as the result of the crusade against rats carried out in 1902 in Japan have been turned to good account. The Japanese have been ...
Article : 55 wordsProfessor Grossi, the Italian marvel, who has been bewildering and mystifying Bendigo audiences at the Town Hall for the last week, closed his season last evening, when he gave ...
Article : 57 wordsP[?] Biograph. Masonic Hall, 8. W[?]ht service. All Saints Pro-Cathedral, 11 p.m. ...
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